Questions by Milicevic3306

Which of the following errors can be eliminated by reciprocal measurements in differential leveling?Error due to earth’s curvatureError due to atmospheric refractionBoth ...

Road roughness is measured usingBenkelman beamBump integratorDynamic cone penetrometerFalling weight deflectometer

Two bitumen samples “X” and “Y” have softening points $45^{\circ}C$ and $60^{\circ}C$, respectively. Consider the following statements:Viscosity of “X” will be higher tha...

Two major roads with two lanes each are crossing in an urban area to form an un-controlled intersection. The number of conflict points when both roads are one-way is “X” ...

$\begin{array}{lcl} \textbf{Assertion [a]} &: & \text{At a manhole, the crown of the outgoing sewer should not be higher} \\ & & \text{than the crown of the incoming sewe...

A sample of domestic sewage is digested with silver sulphate, sulphuric acid, potassium dichromate and mercuric sulphate in chemical oxygen demand (COD) test. The digeste...

The circular water pipes shown in the sketch are flowing full. The velocity of flow (in m/s) in the branch pipe “R” is$3$$4$$5$$6$

A rectangular open channel of width $5.0$ m is carrying a discharge of $100 \: m^3/s$ The Froude number of the flow is $0.8$. The depth of flow (in m) in the channel is$4...

A trapezoidal channel is $10.0$ m wide at the base and has a side slope of $4$ horizontal to $3$ vertical. The bed slope is $0.002$. The channel is lined with smooth conc...

An embankment is to be constructed with a granular soil (bulk unit weight $=20 \: kN/m^3$) on a saturated clayey silt deposit (undrained shear strength $=25$ kPa). Assumi...

A smooth rigid retaining wall moves as shown in the sketch causing the backfill material to fail. The backfill material is homogeneous and isotrophic, and obeys the Mohr-...

As per the Indian Standard soil classification system, a sample of silty clay liquid limit of $40\%$ and plasticity index of $28\%$ is classified asCHCICLCL-ML

Two series of compaction tests were performed in the laboratory on an inorganic clayey soil employing two different levels of compaction energy per unit volume of soil. W...

The effective stress friction angle of a saturated, cohesionless soil is $38^{\circ}$. The ratio of shear stress to normal effective stress on the failure plane is$0.781$...

The ratio of the theoretical critical buckling load for a column with fixed ends to that of another column with the same dimensions and material, but with pinned ends, is...

In a steel plate with bolted connections, the rupture of the net section is a mode of failure undertensioncompressionflexureshear

Which one of the following is categorised as a long-term loss of prestress in a prestressed concrete member?Loss due to elastic shorteningLoss due to frictionLoss due to ...

As per $IS \: 456:2000$, in the Limit State Design of a flexural member, the strain in reinforcing bars under tension at ultimate state should not be less than$\dfrac{f_y...

If a small concrete cube is submerged deep in still water in such a way that the pressure exerted on all faces of the cube is $p$, then the maximum shear stress developed...

The following statements are related to bending of beams:The slope of the bending moment diagram is equal to the shear force.The slope of the shear force diagram is equal...

The Poisson’s ratio is defined as$\begin{vmatrix} \dfrac{\text{axial stress}}{\text{lateral stress}} \end{vmatrix} \\$$\begin{vmatrix} \dfrac{\text{lateral strain}}{\text...

The infinite series $1+x+\dfrac{x^2}{2!}+\dfrac{x^3}{3!}+\dfrac{x^4}{4!} + \dots $ corresponds to$\sec x$$e^x$$\cos x$$1+\sin^2x$

The annual precipitation data of a city is normally distributed with mean and standard deviation as $1000$ mm and $200$ mm, respectively. The probability that the annual ...

The estimate of $$\int_{0.5}^{1.5} \dfrac{dx}{x}$$ obtained using Simpson’s rule with three-point function evaluation exceeds the exact value by$0.235$$0.068$$0.024$$0.01...